100k in the Park
Back in Richmond Park after last weekends solo trip into Surrey. It was nice to get back to the Richmond ring after the trip outside the M25.
The M25 or the London orbital is a 117 mile ring around London. It is symbolic for me as a barrier because it meant that I left London on a fixed gear bike. Armed with one 700ml bottle of electrolyte, granola bars and a big pack of gummy snakes I set off in search of the mythical Southern passage. The one to a cycling utopia outside the urban sprawl.
Of course I got lost anyway and ended up doing a few hundred meters of the A3 where it becomes the M3 on the way to Gatwick airport. Undeterred, I peddled on and eventually made the M25 crossing which as it turns out is right on the edge of a 300 meter hill that averages about 10 percent for a kilometre. This is exactly what I was after. Longer climbs. At one point in a section around 18 percent I looked down and the speed was 2 mph. Not fast enough but there is nothing else to do but keep pedalling. I went past Gatwick airport an got a little past Crawley. I will do it again, stretching it further until I get the English Channel at Brighton and back. Around 110 miles.
Today I met Tom A, Tom S, Kierran and Chris at Richmond Park, 8am start. Tom A was the first one I saw midway through the first loop and then Chris, Tom S and Kierran in rapid succession. Cold on the course but it is January link here .
We did have a cafe stop but in total I covered 62 miles in under 4 hours. Not blazing but it is January and getting the miles in is more important at this stage. Somehow I managed to drop 3.5 pounds last week with adding more carbs to my diet, eating more frequently and doing one less run. Last weeks totals: 23 miles running, 140 miles cycling, weight 80 kilos (176 lbs).
I will do the exact same stuff this week and see if the weight drops because of the hotter burning carbs raise my metabolism or it is a mirage.
I did have to get off the bike on the ride home on Weds. I felt dizzy and light headed. I had just switched to oatmeal instead of tuna and may have had reactive hypoglycemia. I do have more energy now and don't feel like sleeping right after rides or runs.
The M25 or the London orbital is a 117 mile ring around London. It is symbolic for me as a barrier because it meant that I left London on a fixed gear bike. Armed with one 700ml bottle of electrolyte, granola bars and a big pack of gummy snakes I set off in search of the mythical Southern passage. The one to a cycling utopia outside the urban sprawl.
Of course I got lost anyway and ended up doing a few hundred meters of the A3 where it becomes the M3 on the way to Gatwick airport. Undeterred, I peddled on and eventually made the M25 crossing which as it turns out is right on the edge of a 300 meter hill that averages about 10 percent for a kilometre. This is exactly what I was after. Longer climbs. At one point in a section around 18 percent I looked down and the speed was 2 mph. Not fast enough but there is nothing else to do but keep pedalling. I went past Gatwick airport an got a little past Crawley. I will do it again, stretching it further until I get the English Channel at Brighton and back. Around 110 miles.
Today I met Tom A, Tom S, Kierran and Chris at Richmond Park, 8am start. Tom A was the first one I saw midway through the first loop and then Chris, Tom S and Kierran in rapid succession. Cold on the course but it is January link here .
We did have a cafe stop but in total I covered 62 miles in under 4 hours. Not blazing but it is January and getting the miles in is more important at this stage. Somehow I managed to drop 3.5 pounds last week with adding more carbs to my diet, eating more frequently and doing one less run. Last weeks totals: 23 miles running, 140 miles cycling, weight 80 kilos (176 lbs).
I will do the exact same stuff this week and see if the weight drops because of the hotter burning carbs raise my metabolism or it is a mirage.
I did have to get off the bike on the ride home on Weds. I felt dizzy and light headed. I had just switched to oatmeal instead of tuna and may have had reactive hypoglycemia. I do have more energy now and don't feel like sleeping right after rides or runs.
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